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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI

121 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



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LAPEER MI-GENESEE MI-SHIAWASSEE MI-ST. CLAIR MI-

121 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR...

SHIAWASSEE...GENESEE AND LAPEER COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM EDT...



AT 117 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE 

REGION. HOWEVER...RUNOFF AND FLOODING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 

HAS NOT YET HAD TIME TO RECEDE. ONE TO THREE MORE HOURS OF LIGHT 

RAIN WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 

BEFORE SUNRISE. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC.



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LAT...LON 4289 8247 4288 8368 4279 8370 4279 8437

      4312 8436 4314 8394 4320 8393 4322 8386

      4323 8347 4324 8336 4326 8335 4328 8305

      4327 8300 4316 8299 4318 8250 4295 8242



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